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Old 04-11-2011, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Henderson
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And note that desalination has so far proven unworkable or very expensive. The real plants that exist have been troubled and appear to provide water at costs of above $1500 per AF. I believe CA growers get an AF for well less than $50.
olecapt, you will agree, won't you, that the price of Colorado River water to California farmers is irrelevant to any decision to build a desalination plant for LV?

Seems Singapore thinks desalination plants are feasible and economical.

Hyflux, PUB ink desalination deal
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Old 04-11-2011, 03:15 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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olecapt, you will agree, won't you, that the price of Colorado River water to California farmers is irrelevant to any decision to build a desalination plant for LV?

Seems Singapore thinks desalination plants are feasible and economical.

Hyflux, PUB ink desalination deal
So does Austraila and Saudi Arabia. As long as you are willing to pay way over $1000 per AF they are. And if you have no other water source that is cheap.\

Well the price paid by the CA farmers is of course much greater than that paid by SNWA who gets it for free...as does the NV well owner. In both cases you simply pay transport and distribution costs.

It does not appear that desalinated water is viable in CA. See Santa Barbara plant..

I also see no rational reason why a significant desalination plant would be built in Las Vegas. No significant source of water for it.
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Old 04-11-2011, 06:55 PM
 
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I think it's more likely you will see people trying to suck water out of a cactus before they build a plant to treat sea water in the middle of the desert.
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Old 04-11-2011, 08:29 PM
 
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I think it's more likely you will see people trying to suck water out of a cactus before they build a plant to treat sea water in the middle of the desert.
Isn't Yuma AZ in the middle of a desert?

Yuma desalination plant pilot run concluded successfully
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Old 04-11-2011, 08:31 PM
 
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So does Austraila and Saudi Arabia. As long as you are willing to pay way over $1000 per AF they are. And if you have no other water source that is cheap.\

Well the price paid by the CA farmers is of course much greater than that paid by SNWA who gets it for free...as does the NV well owner. In both cases you simply pay transport and distribution costs.

It does not appear that desalinated water is viable in CA. See Santa Barbara plant..

I also see no rational reason why a significant desalination plant would be built in Las Vegas. No significant source of water for it.
I guess that there are not many folks looking for seawater in southern Nevada.

Link for new California coast de-salination plant. Wonder if it is still running?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...everse-osmosis
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Old 04-11-2011, 08:51 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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I guess that there are not many folks looking for seawater in southern Nevada.

Link for new California coast de-salination plant. Wonder if it is still running?
Coastal California City Turns to Desalination to Quench Its Thirst: Scientific American
Getting desperate are you? There is a reverse osmosis plant that works in Avalon on Catalina as well...but never used unless desperate. They plumbed the whole town to use sea water toilets to avoid having to RO.

Face it. A marginal brackish water installation of small size hardly proves your point.
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Old 04-11-2011, 09:09 PM
 
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I think it's more likely you will see people trying to suck water out of a cactus before they build a plant to treat sea water in the middle of the desert.
It depends on what desert you're talking about.

http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/al-hidd.jpg (broken link)
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Old 04-11-2011, 09:27 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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Default Some good news....

Wet year to boost level of Lake Mead - News - ReviewJournal.com
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Old 04-12-2011, 01:41 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Here is a history of the Colorado River Compact. It's very informative.

Sharing Colorado River Water: History, Public Policy and the Colorado River Compact (http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/arroyo/101comm.html - broken link)

BTW: Yuma, AZ, is not very far from the Sea of Cortés, aka: Gulf of California.
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Old 04-12-2011, 01:46 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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That's great news. I hope the snow keeps coming. It will take several years of above average snowfall to reach "normal" levels in both Lakes.
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